u r right Dinesh ji. The fleshy, juicy, attractive, fruit-like structure (known as 'cashew apple'; also edible when ripe) is actually the enlarged pedicel i.e. flower-stalk. Since it is not formed from ovary, botanically it is a pseudocarp i.e. 'false fruit'. Its job is to attract (a reward to) seed dispersors. Whereas, the 'real fruit' is the kidney-shaped hard shell (drupe) which contains the edible 'nut'.
With regards Vijayasankar On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > Vijayasankar ji ... is it not the swollen stem that is considered as fruit, > while the nut itself is the fruit ? > Regards. > > > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:46 PM, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> One more explanation from the link: >> http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/amon_lies/ >> >> *Anacardium occidentale *gets its name from the Greed words "Ana-", >> meaning "without", and "cardium", meaning "a heart." Occidentale is Latin >> for "from the west." As the name suggests, this plant is native to the >> Western Hemisphere. The genus name is actually more specific, referring to >> how the pulp of the fruit has the nut growing outside of it rather than >> inside! >> With regards >> >> Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:28 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the information >>> tanay >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:45 PM, nivi tha <nevath...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Etymology no.19. *Anacardium occidentale >>>> >>>> **Anacardium -* heart shape(Referring to the shape of the fruit) >>>> * >>>> occidentale*- Western >>>> >>>> Synonym- *Anacardium curatellifolium* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Selvalakshmi S. >>>> Doctoral Scholar, >>>> Bhjarathiar Universtiy, >>>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> >>> >>> >> >
